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Life form2, 3: tree
Habitat: valley washes, bajada washes
leaf presence3: leaves usually present
leaf arrangement3: alternate
leaf format3: bipinnate
leaf shape3: obovate or oval
leaf surface3: smooth
leaf margin3: entire
Flower color2: yellow
Flowering period2: Mar. to May
Armament2, 3: curved spines
Family1, 2, 3: Fabaceae (bean family)
Conserved or Obsolete Family1: Leguminosae (pea family)
Synonym(s)1: Cercidium floridum
Status: abundant,widespread
Locations where collected or observed:
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Tinajas Altas area
Ajo vicinity and BLM land
Barry M. Goldwater Range
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Yuma area and southeastern California
*For information on nomenclature, authorship, or plant characteristics, see these references:
- 1 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Thomas Van Devender, and Steven M. Buckley. 2012. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Tinaja Altas, Arizona. CANOTIA 8:1-53
- 2 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Michael F. Wilson, and Kathryn Mauz. 2007. Botanical Diversity of Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora. in: Dry Borders, Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. eds.: Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City
- 3 Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson
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